Tag: "tobacco" at medical news

...ave double the risk of developing lung cancer from tobacco use than do men, according to 10 years of research... risk for lung cancer increases with the amount of tobacco smoked and as a smoker ages. The research was presented today at the 89th Scientific Assembly and An...

...people a year in the UK alone die from second-hand tobacco smoke.' 'Second-hand smoke not only kills but als...ilability and acceptability are more important. If tobacco were an illegal substance, possession of cigarettes would become a crime, and the number of smokers ...

...sites contained information on signs and symptoms, tobacco and chemical exposure as risk factors, diagnostic ...n half. For example, 84 percent of sites mentioned tobacco use as a major risk factor for bladder cancer, but only 58 percent mentioned that quitting smoking c...

...ildren with sickle cell disease who are exposed to tobacco smoke in the home have more complications from the...nt Medicine. "Exposure to environmental or passive tobacco smoke increased the risk of sickle cell crisis by 90 percent, and was not influenced by other factor...

...nted the policy, which prohibits smoking and other tobacco use on school grounds. Researchers conducted det...olicies constitute an important component of state tobacco control and public health efforts, but little research has been done about the adoption process," Go...

...carcinogens in nonsmokers exposed to environmental tobacco smoke (ETS) in a public setting, in this case a ca...ious study by the University of Minnesota examined tobacco carcinogens in nonsmoking women who were exposed to secondhand smoke at home.) "Environmental tobac...

...l models induced by carcinogens including those in tobacco smoke. Epidemiological research also has shown that increased consumption of vegetables that contain ITCs significantly reduces the risk for prostate cancer. Dr. Singh's laboratory has found that some naturally occurring ITCs are highly effective in...

...ect children and adults from the deadly effects of tobacco smoke. The American Lung Association looked at la...in the workplace, cigarette taxes, youth access to tobacco and funding of smoking prevention programs. Sadly, most states failed to make the grade, and the fa...

...However, studies examining the association between tobacco smoke and breast cancer risk have yielded inconsis... susceptibility," the authors write. "Exposures to tobacco smoke, if causally related to breast cancer, could offer one of the few available modifiable avenues...

...ng lung cancer. In studying the genetic effects of tobacco smoke on the lung tissue of chronic smokers, researchers found genetic damage in the lungs of 82 percent of current smokers and 62 percent of former smokers. Such damage may lead to lung cancer. Because it is difficult to take tissue from patients' ...

...e per day are exposed to lower amounts of a potent tobacco carcinogen; however, the reduction in the amount o...uestion by measuring the metabolites of a specific tobacco carcinogen in the urine of smokers who were part of a structured smoking reduction program. The carc...

... burden for developing countries due to increasing tobacco use, occupational hazards, and environmental pollution," said Richard S. Irwin, MD, FCCP, President of the American College of Chest Physicians. "Through HINARI, the ACCP empowers medical professionals to improve the respiratory health of their socie...

...cation, or by changes in diet, exercise habits and tobacco use. After all, he notes, the same factors that ...- including high cholesterol, high blood pressure, tobacco use, diabetes and lack of exercise -- affect arteries in the legs and arms too. "Many of the same ...

...co, despite a law barring manufacturers from using tobacco as an ingredient in any toothpaste or toothpowder,...antage of a widespread misconception in India that tobacco is good for the teeth by packaging and positioning their products as dental care products. Researche...

...ace and ethnicity, work status, physical activity, tobacco use and alcohol use. "After adjusting for all these factors, the number of children played a statistically significant role in the obesity of both men and women," said Truls Ostbye, M.D., Ph.D., senior author on the paper and professor of community a...

...ries should actively encourage further advances in tobacco control policies. It was agreed that, with the increase in obesity levels, that countries need to develop comprehensive and integrated European food, nutrition and physical activity policies. This requires a societal approach involving the agricul...

...t. Students were surveyed to determine their tobacco use at the beginning of each semester. Roughly 35 ...ix months later, they were re-surveyed about their tobacco use. For students in the advocacy curriculum the most significant change was among regular smo...

...tive to do anything and everything we can to treat tobacco dependence. Rimonabant represents a potentially p... intake of food, the EC system is also involved in tobacco dependency. Chronic tobacco use over-stimulates the EC system creating an imbalance. By blocking t...

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